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Inguinofemoral Dissection

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Cutaneous melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer, malignancy of skin appendages, and some kind of soft-tissue sarcomas like epithelioid and clear cell sarcomas, localized in the lower body, perineum, scrotum, penis, vulva, and lower extremity, may metastasize to inguinal and less often pelvic lymph nodes. Nodal metastasis generally occurs unilaterally; however in the cases with midline localization of the primary tumor, it may be seen bilaterally.

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  1. Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey

    Sıdıka Kurul

  2. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Başkent University, Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey

    Adnan Uzunismail

  3. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Bilim Foundation University, İstanbul, Turkey

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  4. Division of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Hasan Karanlık

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Kurul, S., Uzunismail, A., Tuncer, S., Karanlık, H. (2020). Inguinofemoral Dissection. In: Papadopoulos, O., Papadopulos, N.A., Champsas, G. (eds) Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer and Cutaneous Melanoma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18797-2_26

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